The Drake Equation, Dvorsky believes, does not tell us about exponential civilizational growth on account of Von Neumann probe disbursement.

"It does not tell us where advanced ETI’s may be dwelling or what they’re up to (are they outside the Galaxy? Do they phase shift outside of what we regard as habitable space? This is a serious shortcoming because the answers to these questions should help us determine not just where we should be looking, but they can also provide us with insight as to the makeup of advanced intelligence life and our own potential trajectory."In other words, Dvorsky concludes, post-Singularity machine-based intelligence may represent the most common mode of existence for late-stage civilizations.

For Drake back in the 1960’s, this was the sign of a technologically prevalent society, and the smartest means to search for life.

In 1961 the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit Earth, while Frank Drake (image below) developed his now famous Drake Equation, which estimates the number of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations in our Milky Way galaxy, based on current electromagnetic detection methods.

The later terms are highly speculative, and the values one may attribute to each of them might tell more about a person’s beliefs than about scientific facts.

But the Drake equation must not be evaluated only by the numerical values it produces.The number of Sun-like stars with planets is believed to be around 40% or higher.Currently most of the planets found are massive and orbit very close to their stars (they’re called Hot Jupiters), but as detection techniques improve scientists think many more planets will be found of different sizes and orbits.Finding love is a challenging quest even in your home country.Dating internationally will either make it more so or raise the chance to finally get the partner you've been looking for all along.And that’s who we should be looking for rather than radio transmitting civilizations.